The journey to becoming a public company requires strategic planning and thoughtful coordination. While the IPO process typically spans six months or more, laying the groundwork should begin much earlier to ensure a smooth...more
Acting SEC Chair Mark T. Uyeda outlined potential regulatory changes to make IPOs more attractive and to scale public company disclosures at the Florida Bar’s 41st Annual Federal Securities Institute and M&A Conference. ...more
The rules, originally proposed in March 2022, realign disclosures, marketing practices and other obligations in de-SPAC transactions more closely with traditional IPOs and add increased risk and uncertainty for market...more
On January 24, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final rules intended to augment investor protections in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and in subsequent...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules and amendments (the Proposed Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs)...more
The amendments are designed to increase focus on material information while simplifying compliance efforts. The amendments eliminate the five-year selected financial data requirement, limit selected quarterly financial...more
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more
IPOs in 2019 have raised more capital across a smaller number of deals, as we have previously blogged. EY’s recent Trends in US IPO Registration Statements report notes that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...more
A special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one...more
On December 19, 2018, the SEC announced that it had adopted final rules that allow reporting companies to rely on the Regulation A exemption from registration for their securities offerings. Until recently, the only way...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC), which will allow more businesses to take advantage of scaled disclosure requirements in their...more
Many groups have come forward in recent weeks with their lists of regulations that should be reviewed or amended, as well as their list of areas that merit close review in light of the potential burdens that may be imposed by...more
The Nasdaq recently published a report, titled “The Promise of Market Reform,” which sets out proposed structural changes that are intended to relieve some of the burdens associated with being a public company. The report...more